Year 4
WELCOME YEAR 4s AND PARENTS/CARERS!
Welcome to our Year 4 page. We will keep this page updated with key news and information about our curriculum.
Core notices:
Any notices that are urgent or really important we will display here each week.
Slides from the CURRICULUM EVENING LINK CLICK HERE
(please take some time to read if you were unable to make it)
-With regards to the residential, we collected hundreds of photos of the children. We've been thinking hard about the best way to share these with parents and we think we have an idea! We're going to make a movie with a compilation of the photos and videos and invite the children and parents in to watch it. We will confirm the date closer to the time on parent mail, but it will definitely be before Christmas. Closer to Christmas, we will also get the children to make a homemade photo frame where we will stick a photo of the whole group who went in the middle of it as a souvenir of their trip.
- WE'VE SENT A PARENT MAIL BUT A REMINDER THAT OUR UKULELE 'CONCERT' IS ON MONDAY 9TH DECEMBER AT 2PM- A CHANCE FOR THE CHILDREN TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE SKILLS THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING
-Ukuleles every Monday.
-Please ensure that any outstanding payment for either swimming, residential and/or the Lunt fort trip is settled as soon as possible.
Key Documents
Overview of year- click
- VIPERS reading comprehension - Literacy Shed Plus - Literacy Shed Plus - Teaching Resources Made Easy
- Reading list - Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 | School Reading List
If you missed the curriculum evening, please have a look through the ppt by clicking here. Feel free to arrange a chat if there is anything you wish to discuss further.
Spelling:
Below is an overview of the core spellings we learn this year:
PE and Swimming:
Our day for indoor PE is Tuesday afternoon. On this day, children can come to school in their PE kit. During the Autumn term, children will be taken swimming in blocks of 4 weeks to assess their skills and find out who may need extra sessions later in the year and in year 5. Mr Healey/ Mr Parker's class will be going first for 4 weeks (commencing the second week back), followed by Miss Smyton's class for the 4 weeks after. During the block where a class is going swimming there will be no indoor PE those weeks for that class as swimming will take its place. Swimming will always be a Monday afternoon regardless of which class is going. There will be a separate letter which goes home about swimming.
Our day for outdoor PE is Friday. On this day, children can also come to school wearing their outdoor PE kit and remain in their kit for the day.
Homework and Spellings
Homework will be set on a Monday and will be due in on the following Monday.
Spellings will also be set on a Monday and will be tested on the following Monday.
Reading Diaries
Children are encouraged to read at least three times a week with an adult. Teachers will check reading diaries weekly in order to check that children are reading regularly. Reading diaries will be checked on a Monday and those reading 3x or more with an adult at home each week will be entered into a reading raffle for small prizes.
Times tables practise
We encourage weekly practise of timetables. There are regular tournaments and challenges which we set the children through the Times Tables Rockstars website -Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com). Children should be familiar with this from year 3, but we will provide new log ins/ passwords to those who have lost or forgotten them. Teachers can use this website to set individualised timetables for each child to practise based on their performance in weekly class assessments.
R.E. and P.S.H.E
Over the course of the year we will develop a deeper understanding of the different faiths (see the long term plan, under curriculum for more information). We will be organising a visit to a Mandir in the Spring term. In P.S.H.E. lessons, children will be covering topics regarding staying safe in the wider world and dealing with increased responsibility as they get older.
PIimsolls
It is really important that every child has a pair of indoor shoes that they are able to change into when in the classroom. As we get further into the term and the weather changes, the playground and outdoor spaces will become much wetter and muddier. Having a pair of indoor shoes will ensure that the classrooms stay clean and comfortable environments for the children to learn in.
Week beginning:
Literacy:
In our Literacy lessons this week, we will be working on a unit that is based upon a short film called, 'Soar'. Last week, the children watched and discussed the film and then made notes and observations about teh appearance and personality of the main character. This week, children will consolidate their notes and use them to write a brief character description, including adjectives to add detail.
In their grammar lesson, children will be introduced to fronted adverbials, specifically fronted adverbials of place. These will provide children with more options for sentence openers when writing.
Monday 25th November-
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Literacy: We are beginning our new unit this week on the book The night bus hero (O, Q Rauf). This is a box that touches upon issues such as bullying and stereotyping. We will focus this week on how the book depicts the main character as a bully.
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Maths: We will continue our work on multiplication. We will consolidate what we have learnt about what happens to numbers when we x 10, x 100 and divide by 10 and 100. We will look at how we can use knowledge of factor pairs to make difficult calculations easier.
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Science: We will continue our unit on sound, this week we will focus on the working scientifically skills, analysing the limitations to the conclusions we made in our last investigation. ICT: We will continue to plan and record our podcasts using Audacity. This week we will attempt to record our final versions of the introduction, complete with sound effects.
Geography: We will continue our unit on Europe. Last week we learnt about extreme variations in the landscape across Europe. We studied the Alps and the Polders of Netherlands. This week we will be looking at Fjords. PE: Indoor PE: Dance Outdoor PE: Tennis PHSE: Keeping safe
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Monday 2nd December
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Literacy:
This week, we will continue our unit based on the book "The night bus hero" (O, Q Rauf). Last week we looked at the main character, who on first impressions, appears to be a bully. However, this week we dive further into his character and his life and look at his internal conflicts he has going on. We will use certain grammar and punctuation skills this week (the prefixes -un, -mis, -dis) to write a first person monologue from the main character. |
Maths: This week, we will conclude our topic on multiplication. We will carry out some more practise using factor pairs to tackle difficult multiplication calculations. We will also look at informal methods of multiplication. We are hoping to start column multiplication before the end of the week.
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Geography: This week, we will be carrying out a comparison study between UK and Italy. We will be looking at climate data analysis of hours of sunshine, rainfall, landscape features and hours of daylight. ICT: We will continue using Audacity to record our podcasts. Science: We will be looking at pitch this week. PE: Indoor PE: Handball Outdoor PE: Tennis PHSE: Keeping safe DT: We will continue our unit on linked lever systems. Last week we planned and drawed out our designs for our prototypes. This week we will attempt to build our prototypes. |
Take a look at our curriculum in action.
Romans
We had an amazing Roman day at Lunt Fort. We learnt about the life of a Roman Legionary and even had a go at different shield formations.
Making Roman heads of Caesar and sketching faces.
